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Macleay’s Spectre Stick Insect

Extatosoma tiaratum
Macleay’s Spectre Stick Insect

Conservation Status: Least Concern

This stick insect lays its eggs on the forest floor, which are then collected by ants and taken into the ant colony. The newly hatched stick insect then mimics the ant to protect itself.

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